Comment on Ask HN Hackers: What's R's future?parentComments−stcredzero15yHow about a spreadsheet that uses R as its scripting language? (There's one of these for Python.)−util15yhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RExcel−8ren15yI don't know if business people do a lot of scripting (if any) in spreadsheets, because it side-steps the ease-of-use GUI of spreadsheet in favour of a programmer's UI...−something15ylook inside your average quantitative analysis or risk management group and you'll see that they definitely do.
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How about a spreadsheet that uses R as its scripting language? (There's one of these for Python.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RExcel
I don't know if business people do a lot of scripting (if any) in spreadsheets, because it side-steps the ease-of-use GUI of spreadsheet in favour of a programmer's UI...
look inside your average quantitative analysis or risk management group and you'll see that they definitely do.